Haven't watched since Season Two. It reminds me of Rescue Me. It started out really good. But the writers thought it needed "more".

Rescue Me really worked as an action/comedy. But in season 2 they thought they had to get crazier. And crazier. And crazier. Until it ended up so far from reality, I'm glad it's over so they can quit fucking it worse by the week.

For anyone still watching, season 5 of SONS is the best season since season 2. They took the bullshit copout "reveal" at the end of season 4 and really turned it into something. Jimmy Smits has been a good addition. The story is progressing and there is some real momentum. Good season all around.

With Walking Dead and Boardwalk Empire enjoying their best seasons to date, the SONS re-emerging, Justified starting up again in about a month, followed by Game of Thrones, and straight into Breaking Bad...

It sure is a wonderful time to be a lazy fuck sitting in front of a TV.

SOA is a strange case. Season 1 was good and season 2 was outstanding. At that point I thought it would be a great show going forward. Then season 3 happened and it kind of sucked. I figured it was a great show and season 3 was the outlier. now I think its a pretty good show and season 2 was the outlier. But I still watch all of the episodes and like the show better than most other things on TV. But it's no Mad Men or Breaking Bad. Not close.

So, you can do like e0y says and skip 3. 3 did suck. And if you skipped 4 you'd be OK too. Season 4 was better than 3, but it had a bullshit trainwreck of a finale. Personally, I'd watch both of them because, even though the stories are lacking, I like some of the characters, and there are things that would help you to understand the characters better. Plus, I don't think you'd think it was a complete waste of time to watch them, if you did, even though it's a big drop off from season 2.

motherscratcher wrote:SOA is a strange case. Season 1 was good and season 2 was outstanding. At that point I thought it would be a great show going forward. Then season 3 happened and it kind of sucked. I figured it was a great show and season 3 was the outlier. now I think its a pretty good show and season 2 was the outlier. But I still watch all of the episodes and like the show better than most other things on TV. But it's no Mad Men or Breaking Bad. Not close.

So, you can do like e0y says and skip 3. 3 did suck. And if you skipped 4 you'd be OK too. Season 4 was better than 3, but it had a bullshit trainwreck of a finale. Personally, I'd watch both of them because, even though the stories are lacking, I like some of the characters, and there are things that would help you to understand the characters better. Plus, I don't think you'd think it was a complete waste of time to watch them, if you did, even though it's a big drop off from season 2.

Basically, I'm a completist. So that's what I recommend.

This might be the most non-sensical, stream-of-concious rambling pile of crap ever posted on this site.

motherscratcher wrote:SOA is a strange case. Season 1 was good and season 2 was outstanding. At that point I thought it would be a great show going forward. Then season 3 happened and it kind of sucked. I figured it was a great show and season 3 was the outlier. now I think its a pretty good show and season 2 was the outlier. But I still watch all of the episodes and like the show better than most other things on TV. But it's no Mad Men or Breaking Bad. Not close.

So, you can do like e0y says and skip 3. 3 did suck. And if you skipped 4 you'd be OK too. Season 4 was better than 3, but it had a bullshit trainwreck of a finale. Personally, I'd watch both of them because, even though the stories are lacking, I like some of the characters, and there are things that would help you to understand the characters better. Plus, I don't think you'd think it was a complete waste of time to watch them, if you did, even though it's a big drop off from season 2.

Basically, I'm a completist. So that's what I recommend.

This might be the most non-sensical, stream-of-concious rambling pile of crap ever posted on this site.

And that's saying something.

I had to read this three times to make any sense of it.

I agree with everything both of you said.

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e0y2e3 wrote:Obviously when you are posting inbetween patients using the most words possible, repeating yourself whenever possible and basically flicking off the entire concept of "brevity" makes sense.